Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-29
THE NATIONS SCAPITAL.
The Parcel Post Treaty With
Canada.
4 Society Sensation Assumes a Still More
Sensational Phase.
Congressman Milliken Hard at Work.
Some Statistical Information Concern
ing the 50th Congress.

ing the 5Oth Congress.
. WASHINGTON. Dec. IS.
Congressman Moffat was the third member
of the 50th Congress who has died. Robert
| son of Louisiana was the first, then Kane of
New York, then Moffat. The average num-
Der of deaths in Congress is about eight or
, nine. The largest number that any one Con-
gress has had is thirteen. That was in the
44th Congress, when such men us Andrew
johnson, Michael Kerr, Coperton of Vir-
ginia, Parsons of Kentucky, and others were
numbered in the list. The last Congress-
the 49th. was next in its bereavements, for
it lost twelve men, including Vice President
Hendricks, who, as presiding officer of the
Senate. may properly be classed in this list.
There nave been but two Congresses, the
second and fourth, in which there have been
no deaths. The number of congressman
who have died in office since the first Con-
gress was selected under the constitution, is
273
A dispatch comes from Canada to the ef-
feet that at the recent conference between
Superintendent Bell of the foreign mail di-
vision of the United States post Office depart
ment and Mr.. Mcclellan, the representative
arrangement was reached by which parcel
post treaty between the United States and
Canada will probably be concluded. The
Canadian newspaper which is responsible for
this dispatch is greatly in error, and if it has
obtained its information from any remarks
which Mr.. Mcclellan has made that official
has been misled. The fact is that the de-
mands of the Canadian post office official
were of such character that the represent
ative of our post office department would not
| for a moment recommend to the postmaster
general that parcel post treaty upon any
such basis should be concluded Canada
asks altogether too much and has very much
too high an estimate of the advantages which
would confer upon the United States by the
negotiation of the treaty upon the basis sug-
gested. 1t is the opinion of our officials, at
least, that the advantages to Canada from
parcel post treaty would be quite as great as
those which the United States would derive,
whereas the proposition to which it seems
probable the Canadian government would
alone accede is very much ON the Jug han
die order
! Juege Curtis j. Hillyer, the father of Miss
Hilyer. who was to have been married to
Comptroller Trenholm's son in February, but
recently eloped with young Mr.. Bulkley, to-
day brought suit in his daughters name with
view to annul the marriage. The bill,
which was filed by Senator Stewart of Ne
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